Video: Oklahoma City Museum of Art kicks off "Italian Auteurs of the 1960s" film series tonight with "Marriage Italian Style"
2013 is the Year of Italian Culture here in the United States, and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art is celebrating in grand style. Along with the special exhibition "Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Painting from Glasgow Museums," on view through Nov. 17, the museum is launching a new film series, "Italian Auteurs of the 1960s." R...
Actor to be honored by Louisiana Italian group
Tony Lo Bianco (actor, writer, director and producer) will receive the 2016 Louis Prima Arts and Entertainment Award at the 31st Annual Louisiana American Italian Sports Hall of Fame Banquet on Jan. 16 at the New Orleans Hilton Riverside Hotel. Lo Bianco starred in the Academy Award-winning film "The French Connection.'' He has been nomina...
Ties to Italy strong at historic Tremé church
by Cheramie Sonnier Since St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church was established in 1841 in New Orleans' Tremé neighborhood, it has been "a church of the city's free black citizens." But, it also has had some strong Italian connections, said church secretary Linda Harris in explaining why the church hosts an annual St. Joseph's Altar. "The c...
A practical guide to Gugliemo Quarenghi’s six caprices
August 29, 2014 - Friday 10:00 AMRice University - 6100 Main - Houston, Texas 77005Conference Room Alice Pratt Brown Hall Nineteenth century Italian cellist, Guglielmo Quarenghi (1826-1882), was a virtuoso performer, pedagogue, and composer active in Milan, Italy. Despite his successful career, Quarenghi's accomplishments as...
Lettera di Dimissioni da Consigliere Membro eletto del Comites Circoscrizione Consolare di Houston
di Vincenzo Arcobelli Caro Presidente e Cari Colleghi, dopo aver fatto una riflessione, direi che la mia missione, sin dalla selezione dei singoli candidati con la presentazione della lista per le elezioni e la successiva composizione dell'esecutivo con il mio passaggio di consegne, sia da considerare al termine. Ringrazio tutti...
Chef Stefano Secchi and Shilo: An Italian Immigrant’s Debt to America
Chef Stefano Secchi—a Southern Methodist University and Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park graduate, youngest chef ever invited to cook at The James Beard House, and current consulting chef for America Airlines—has talent that thrives beyond the kitchen. Two plus years ago, he traveled to the Sardinia homeland of his father to make a...
Expo e COMITES: il saluto della Console Sgarbi ai connazionali del Texas
"Cari Connazionali, desidero ringraziarvi per il sostegno che mi avete dato nella fase iniziale della mia missione quale Console Generale". Inizia così il messaggio che Elena Sgarbi indirizza ai connazionali dalle pagine del Bollettino del Comites di Houston, presieduto da Vincenzo Arcobelli. "In questi primissimi mesi – ricorda Sgarbi – h...
Bad weather delays Italian Fest opening until Saturday
By Littice Bacon-Blood The potential for severe weather has canceled the Friday night (April 1) opening of the 16th annual Festa Italiana in Kenner. Instead, the Italian Heritage Festival will begin Saturday at noon in Rivertown, Kenner city officials announced Friday (April 1). "Safety is priority No. 1, so the decision has...
Il Centro di Cultura Italiana a Houston guarda la Sicilia
Tiziana Ciacciofera Triolo è una palermitana doc trasferitasi oltreoceano tre anni fa portandosi dietro un ricco bagaglio di esperienza nel settore del management e delle pubbliche relazioni, anche se una delle sue più grandi passioni, è l'amore per la cultura e le tradizioni Italiane. Oggi Tiziana vive a Houston, nel Texas dove dirige la...
Consul General Perrone to visit New Mexico on April 14-16
Consul General Perrone is going to pay his first official visit to New Mexico on April 14-16, during which he will be received by the Governor of the State, Susana Martinez. The Consul General will meet with Italian individuals and associations in Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Taos in order to reinforce the Italian presence in the State and to...
The Butler Center For Arkansas Studies issues Press Release on Legacies & Lunch featuring history of Little Italy
Not long after Little Italy was settled in central Arkansas, the community became a Prohibition-era oasis for winemakers and consumers. At Legacies & Lunch on Wednesday, May 4, from noon-1 p.m. in the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) Main Library's Darragh Center, 100 Rock St., Chris Dorer will discuss his book, Images of America: Little...
Chazz Palminteri ospite dei siciliani in Texas domani a Dallas
L'Associazione dei Siciliani in Texas - tra le prime ad aderire alla confederazione dei Siciliani in Nord America – ha organizzato domani, 8 agosto, dalle 18.30 alle 21.00 un incontro presso il Lombardo Custom Aparel (17604 North Dallas Parkway) per dare il benvenuto all'attore Italo-Americano originario di Menfi Chazz Palminteri, noto al pubblico...